APPLICATIONS

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APPLICATIONS

july 6, 2013
next processing date

about applying
If you'd like to apply for a character, you're in the right place! As of June 24, applications are now always open. Fill out one of the two forms on this page depending on the type of character you're applying for and post it in the comments of this entry. While you fill out your application, here are a few things to keep in mind:

• Please read over the rules and FAQ before you begin to fill out your application—This will save you headaches later!
  
• Check the taken and reserved pages to make sure that your character isn't listed on either (unless you reserved them, naturally).
  
• Please check your application for spelling and grammatical errors. While we're hardly going to reject for a misspelled word or two, a large amount of errors makes us much more likely to reject an application.
  
• Plagiarism is unacceptable. If we find an application has been plagiarized, it will result in immediate rejection and a ban from the game.
  
• You may app ONE character per round, for a total of THREE characters in the game. You may have two characters from the same canon provided they have little or no interaction in canon.
  
• If you're already in the game, all of your current characters must have passed the last AC to apply for a new character. If this is your first character, don't worry about this, of course!
  
• When posting your application, please format the subject line of your first comment in some form of Character Name - Series - Reserved/Unreserved in that order. Do not link to your application.
  
• Original characters are allowed, but their applications are judged to a much higher standard than canon characters. We want to make sure that the character and their world are thought-out and developed. This isn't meant to discourage such characters in the slightest, so all this really means is take care to explain the world your character comes from especially, since all we have to judge them by is what you tell us!
  
• If we ask for a revision, don't worry! Usually we just need clarification on something before we decide on your application. If you are asked for one, you have five days to supply the requested revision.

application for canon characters:

<span style="font-family: bell mt, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: black;">OOC</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>NAME</b>:</span> Your name. <b>USERNAME</b>: <user name="your username here"> <b>CONTACT</b>: email/aim/<user name=plurkname site=plurk.com>/what have you <b>CHARACTERS IN GAME</b>: put N/A if none</div> <span style="font-family: bell mt, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: black;">IC</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>NAME</b>: Your character's name. <b>CANON</b>: Your character's canon. Please note the specific canon if the character is from a large franchise <small>(i.e. Marvel Comics vs. Marvel Cinematic Universe)</small> or has different ways the canon can progress <small>(i.e. Fate/Stay Night's routes)</small>. <b>CANON POINT</b>: At what point are you pulling your character from? <b>AGE</b>: How old is the character? <b>APPEARANCE</b>: A link to a picture is fine! It's recommended to upload it to <a href=http://imgur.com/>Imgur</a> or a similar site to prevent pesky hotlinking images! <b>PERSONALITY</b>: This is the most important part of your app, so take special care with this section. Describe their personality, and use canon to support this section as needed. While quality is of course more important than quantity, we're likely to ask for a revision if this section is less than three solid paragraphs. <b>PROJECTED CLASS</b>: Which base class can you see your character having and why? This doesn't need to be more than a paragraph, but we just want to make sure you understand the class system and think about how your character will fit into it! <b>OTHER</b>: Additional notes/questions about the character go here.</div> <span style="font-family: bell mt, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: black;">SAMPLES</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>FIRST PERSON SAMPLE</b>: Links to threads from previous games, memes and museboxes are allowed, but must be within the past six months. <b>THIRD PERSON SAMPLE</b> Must take place in the game's setting. 300 words minimum.</div>

OOC

NAME: Your name.
USERNAME: Your personal Dreamwidth account.
CONTACT: email/aim/plurkname/what have you
CHARACTERS IN GAME: put N/A if none

IC

NAME: Your character's name.
CANON: Your character's canon. Please note the specific canon if the character is from a large franchise (i.e. Marvel Comics vs. Marvel Cinematic Universe) or has different ways the canon can progress (i.e. Fate/Stay Night's routes).
CANON POINT: At what point are you pulling your character from?
AGE: How old is the character?
APPEARANCE: A link to a picture is fine! It's recommended to upload it to Imgur or a similar site to prevent pesky hotlinking images!
PERSONALITY: This is the most important part of your app, so take special care with this section. Describe their personality, and use canon to support this section as needed. While quality is of course more important than quantity, we're likely to ask for a revision if this section is less than three solid paragraphs.
PROJECTED CLASS: Which base class can you see your character having and why? This doesn't need to be more than a paragraph, but we just want to make sure you understand the class system and think about how your character will fit into it!
OTHER: Additional notes/questions about the character go here.

SAMPLES

FIRST PERSON SAMPLE: Links to threads from previous games, memes and museboxes are allowed, but must be within the past six months.
THIRD PERSON SAMPLE Must take place in the game's setting. 300 words minimum.

SAMPLE APPLICATIONS
Arcueid Brunestud, Tsukihime
Panda, Shirokuma Cafe

application for original characters:

<span style="font-family: bell mt, serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;">OOC</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>NAME</b>: Your name. <b>USERNAME</b>: <user name="your username here"> <b>CONTACT</b>: email/aim/<user name=plurkname site=plurk.com>/what have you <b>CHARACTERS IN GAME</b>: put N/A if none</div> <span style="font-family: bell mt, serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;">IC</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>NAME</b>: Your character's name. <b>AGE</b>: How old is the character? <b>APPEARANCE</b>: A link to a picture is fine! It's recommended to upload it to <a href=http://imgur.com/>Imgur</a> or a similar site to prevent pesky hotlinking images! <b>WORLD INFO</b>: Explain the world that your character comes from. While we hardly want pages and pages of information, this does need to be a solid section. Relay the parts of the characters world that relate directly to them or have affected them the most. We're looking for evidence that this character is clearly thought out, and in absence of a canon, this section is how we'll be judging your character for consistency. <b>BACKGROUND</b>: Your character's history/background. This doesn't need to be extensively detailed, but we need to know what made the character who they are today. <b>PERSONALITY</b>: This is the most important part of your app, so take special care with this section. Describe their personality, and use canon to support this section as needed. While quality is of course more important than quantity, we're likely to ask for a revision if this section is less than three solid paragraphs. <b>PROJECTED CLASS</b> Which base class can you see your character having and why? This doesn't need to be more than a paragraph, but we just want to make sure you understand the class system and think about how your character will fit into it! <b>OTHER</b> Additional notes/questions about the character go here.</div> <span style="font-family: bell mt, serif; font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: black;">SAMPLES</span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>FIRST PERSON SAMPLE</b> Links to threads from previous games, memes and museboxes are allowed. Links to threads from previous games, memes and museboxes are allowed, but must be within the past six months. <b>THIRD PERSON SAMPLE</b> Must take place in the game's setting. 300 words minimum.</div>

OOC

NAME: Your name.
USERNAME: Your personal Dreamwidth account.
CONTACT: email/aim/plurkname/what have you
CHARACTERS IN GAME: put N/A if none

IC

NAME: Your character's name.
AGE: How old is the character?
APPEARANCE: A link to a picture is fine! It's recommended to upload it to Imgur or a similar site to prevent pesky hotlinking images!
WORLD INFO: Explain the world that your character comes from. While we hardly want pages and pages of information, this does need to be a solid section. Relay the parts of the characters world that relate directly to them or have affected them the most. We're looking for evidence that this character is clearly thought out, and in absence of a canon, this section is how we'll be judging your character for consistency.
BACKGROUND: Your character's history/background. This doesn't need to be extensively detailed, but we need to know what made the character who they are today.
PERSONALITY: This is the most important part of your app, so take special care with this section. Describe their personality, and use canon to support this section as needed. While quality is of course more important than quantity, we're likely to ask for a revision if this section is less than three solid paragraphs.
PROJECTED CLASS Which base class can you see your character having and why? This doesn't need to be more than a paragraph, but we just want to make sure you understand the class system and think about how your character will fit into it!
OTHER Additional notes/questions about the character go here.

SAMPLES

FIRST PERSON SAMPLE Links to threads from previous games, memes and museboxes are allowed. Links to threads from previous games, memes and museboxes are allowed, but must be within the past six months.
THIRD PERSON SAMPLE Must take place in the game's setting. 300 words minimum.

SAMPLE APPLICATIONS
Sidel Blanchet, Original Character
Cheriour, Original Character

Comments

Bart Allen | Young Justice | Not Reserved ( 3)

[pits]

PROJECTED CLASS:

Cavalier! Bart will be interested in the idea of the guild more than the abilities, as he's a member of a superhero team. Even if other classes are better attributed to speed, Bart wouldn't feel as comfortable in a group of "shady" people as opposed to people who might share the same views as him. He'll take awhile to choose, but eventually he'll choose Cavalier. If he can't go fast, he'll find a substitute! Until he learn other techniques, anyways. The fact that Lancers are members of an organisation that defend will appeal to him. He'll also dig the nice place to stay...

OTHER: N/A.

SAMPLES

FIRST PERSON SAMPLE:

[ Aren't you lucky? Today is the day IMPULSE! decides to show his beautiful and totally crashin' face to everyone. The video opens up with a bright grin, then slowly pans out to reveal the rest of IMPULSE!'s face. ]

Yo, hey, yoohoo - all that stuff. Impulse here - [ He proudly stabs his thumb into his chest. ] Your day? Saved. Like, last week, no sweat. "Oh, Impulse! How'd you do it~?" Easy. I'll tell you!

[ At that, Bart leans closer to the camera. ]

I'm here, doing my super thing, tooootally crash. What I'm saying is, you got a problem? Let IMPULSE! know aaaaaall about it. Then he, you know, deals with it. In a seriously crashtastic way!

...Huh? Get to the point? Jeez, you guys need to listen better. [ Bart clears his throat. ] I'm here to do missions for you! Anything, even taking out your laundry! You need it - Impulse does it. Though, uh, I specialise in being a hero, so keep that in mind. No shady business.

[ His purpose for the day fulfilled, Bart spins once and gives a thumbs up to the screen. ]

Later!

THIRD PERSON SAMPLE:

This speedless thing sucked. Bart didn't know why he thought substituting his own speed with that of an animal's was such a good idea, because it wasn't. It's not like the horse standing over him was as crash as the bioship or something that came from the Batcave. Not to mention that when you fell off of one of those, you didn't usually land in the mud a few feet later. Normally Robin or Blue would use some cool grappling hook to save you or at least catch you and fly away - and it might be a bit embarrassing, but it wasn't as moded as ending up on the ground.

And Bart was pretty sure that the horse was laughing at him.

"Get back on the horse? Get back in the saddle?" He was muttering to himself as he stood, dusting off his pants. He wasn't really keen on getting back on the animal, especially if he was just going to fall off again. The horse let out a snort and Bart returned it with a glare, pointing his finger at it.

"Look, dude. Falling off isn't crash," he pauses. "Well it is, technically. But not in a good way. So if I step up again, you're not gonna send me flying. Capiche?"

There's a moment of silence before the horse snorts again and Bart takes that as an agreement. He steps up to the ladder specifically made for climbing on these beasts, then puts a foot in the stirrup. You can do it, Impulse. No sweat. With a deep breath, he pulls himself up and over -

And continues going right over the horse as it takes a step forward. He's pretty sure his life - his short, short life - flash before his eyes as he plummets oh so far to the ground. How he'll never live up to Kid Flash, much less The Flash himself! How he'll never eat Jaime's food again! How he'll never get to drive Miss Martian's awesome ship! All of those horribly sad thoughts rush to the front of his mind as he faceplants into the dirt a second time.

"Oh come on," Bart lifts his head up, spitting out a mouthful of dust. "Really? Why you gotta be like that?"

He rubs his head - making sure it's still even there. "This is the first time I'm glad the rest of the team isn't here. I'd never live this down," The horse snorts at him again and Bart makes a face at it. "Yeah, thanks bro." It kind of hurts for a moment, because he does miss everyone else. He wishes he had Blue around to annoy and call hermano. Instead he's just got this wonderfully sweet horse.

"Ugh... Better try again. I'm not quitting until you let me on!"